Wildcats Keep Pace with District Leaders; Defeat Forney Jackrabbits 56-47;
by Butch Burney Dueces were wild for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats Friday night as they scored two touchdowns in every quarter and then stopped the Forney Jackrabbits on a pair of key two-point conversions in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats needed a win Friday at Gerald Prim Stadium to keep pace with district leaders Corsicana and Ennis, but Forney didn’t make it easy. The...
Request for Sealed Bids; City Seeks Bids for 50 Acres of Property on CR 4738; Packet Download, Location
The City of Sulphur Springs is requesting sealed bids for 50 acres of property located at County Road 4738, Hopkins County, Texas, (https://maps.google.com/?q=33.202966,-95.752240) being described as follows: All the right, title and interest of the City of Sulphur Springs in that certain tract or parcel of land situated in Hopkins county, Texas, about 9 miles Northwest from Sulphur Springs and being 50 acres of the East side of 107...
North Hopkins Creative Nights
The North Hopkins CTE courses have teamed up to bring you an exciting way to be an activate participant in student learning. North Hopkins High School takes pride in offering numerous CTE courses to develop students skill sets in a variety of areas. These CTE courses prepare students by giving them knowledge that will carry over into the job field. While these classes are informational they are also enjoyable as well as amusing. North...
Council Takes Steps for Improvements to Pacific Park, Ordinance for Mobile Food Units, and Rezoning Along Wildcat Way
Tuesday night during the regular session of the Sulphur Springs City Council, the council approved two items that will lead to improvements at Pacific Park, two items that will facilitate the relocation of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, and discussed the development of an ordinance regarding mobile food units. The council approved a motion to solicit bids on 50 acres of property on County Road 4738 and to set a minimum bid of $150,000....
Video Presentation: Cumby Safety Rest Stop
Texas Department of Transportation officials and staff, elected representatives, and county officials officially opened the new $23 million Hopkins County Safety Rest Areas on Interstate Highway 30 near Cumby. Noel Paramanantham, TxDOT Paris District Engineer said,“More than 31,000 vehicles a day, including 11,000-plus big trucks, travel on I-30 every day. It is a major traffic and corridor in Texas… This new facility, one of 78...
Five to be Inducted into SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor
Five former Sulphur Springs High School athletic greats will be honored Friday, October 5, with induction into the SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor. The honorees include Jack Sickles, Class of 1933; John Holloway, Class of 1991; Mark Sevier, Class of 1992; Jay Paul Gordon, Class of 1995; and Melissa McSheffery Knezevic, Class of 2004. The public is invited to the reception and induction ceremony, which...
Chicken! A Sculpture in Hay
An entry in the 2018 Fall Festival Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. Photo credit Leslie Clegg A listener submitted photo of one of the entries in the 2018 Hay Bale Sculpture contest. More entries should be appearing around the City as we get closer to October 1st. Hay bale sculptures from the large and elaborate to the small and simple should be displayed where they can be seen by passing motorists from October 1 through October 12....
Demolition Permit and Building Permit Issued to Chick-fil-A; Lot Next Door Being Cleared for Unnamed Restaurant
A demolition permit and building permit have been issued and work has begun to prepare the site for Chick-fil-A in Sulphur Springs. Plans have been issued for construction. Chick-fil-A will be located on Shannon Road between the current location of Chili’s and Panda Express. A second lot, to the east of the Chick-fil-A lot is being cleared for a yet unnamed restaurant according to sources. Thursday afternoon work began to...
Acker’s Final Day; Death Sentence to be Carried Out Today
Daniel Clate Acker,46, will be the 10th convicted killer to be put to death in Texas and the second in two days when he is given a lethal injection tonight, Thursday, September 27th. The date was set as the date for the execution by Eighth Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcut. The order was hand delivered to TDCJ Wednesday, May 9th. Acker is on Death Row in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice convicted of the kidnapping and...
Argyle vs Liberty-Eylau at Prim Stadium Friday Night September 28, 2018
The Wildcats’ football team may have an open date Friday (September 28) but Gerald Prim Stadium will be the site for quality Class 4A match ups both Thursday (September 27) and Friday. On Thursday, Liberty-Eylau and Argyle freshmen and JV teams will meet beginning at 5 p.m. Then Friday night at 7:30 p.m., the L-E and Argyle varsity teams will play. Liberty-Eylau is 1-3 for the season but they have played a rugged schedule. They...
